DIY spray booth

1. gdex2008 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2008 Pocklington - york Posts: 541 Posi blue furio - bit tatty atm. Cant wait till i

   #1 13th July 2009, 18:03

   hey guys ...
   
   just an interesting thought ... i wondered if anyone knew the basic priniciples of making a DIY spray booth?? I odnt have the cash to keep sending small parts off to be sprayed like the grille etc but also wouldnt mind a decent finish obviously. Any suggestions would be greatfuly recieved
2. blackvtr08 Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 188

   #2 13th July 2009, 20:01

   I do cash jobs every week in my garage, no spray booth just everything else i would need. Garage is 36ft by 26ft, boarded the roof up and painted both the roof and walls white. Jobs come out great, dont get many nibs.
   Aslong as you have a decent compressor, and air tools there is no need for a spray booth. There is plenty of bodyshops still around without spray booths.
3. landerboi13 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Exeter Posts: 922 Ford Fiesta

   #3 13th July 2009, 20:17

   aslong as it's dry and clean you could use a garage and you can hang bits to dry from the celling it's fine.
4. SAXO-storrie Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2008 Ayr Posts: 876 Black Mrk2 Vtr

   #4 13th July 2009, 20:56

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by landerboi13 aslong as it's dry and clean you could use a garage and you can hang bits to dry from the celling it's fine.

   thats what i done with my show cage / alloys etc
5. Adz Established Member Joined: Feb 2008 Derby Posts: 2343 at power bodied yellow 106gti monster

   #5 13th July 2009, 20:59

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by SAXO-storrie thats what i done with my show cage / alloys etc

   yeh same,
   
   only advantages of a proper spray booth like what we have at work, is that it has running water underneith, and run it down the walls, and then obvs you have the oven to bake the paint on,
   
   but appart from that, i do my bits in the garage,
   
   i would never do a whole car in there though haa, do that at work
   
   Adz
6. col101 Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2009 York Posts: 768 VTR

   #6 13th July 2009, 22:32

   Running water in a booth?
   Thought everyone stopped using those 20 years ago!
   The primary benefit of a modern booth is the extraction - keeps overspray and paint imperfections to a minimum.
   Secondary is the bake factor - baked paint is harder than paint left to dry over time.
7. gdex2008 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2008 Pocklington - york Posts: 541 Posi blue furio - bit tatty atm. Cant wait till i

   #7 14th July 2009, 12:23

   right .. i have a crazy idea. i have a storage container and old inner tent (tall enough to stand up in) a space heater and a dehumidifier, oh and an old henry hoover. Was thinking of setting up the inner tent (hanging it from the ceiling and weighted down in the corners. setting up a little table inside and rigging up the henry hover as a makeshift extractor fan. Then its obviously the heater to heat up the area andd the dehumidifier to take moisture out of the air. Is this the musings of a mad man? or could this work
8. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #8 14th July 2009, 13:03

   oh god! dont do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!
9. LeeBBH Frequent Poster Joined: May 2009 Maidstone Posts: 860 Mk6 Fiesta Zetec S

   #9 14th July 2009, 13:12

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by gdex2008 right .. i have a crazy idea. i have a storage container and old inner tent (tall enough to stand up in) a space heater and a dehumidifier, oh and an old henry hoover. Was thinking of setting up the inner tent (hanging it from the ceiling and weighted down in the corners. setting up a little table inside and rigging up the henry hover as a makeshift extractor fan. Then its obviously the heater to heat up the area andd the dehumidifier to take moisture out of the air. Is this the musings of a mad man? or could this work

   haha sounds proper ghetto!
   do it!!
10. gdex2008 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2008 Pocklington - york Posts: 541 Posi blue furio - bit tatty atm. Cant wait till i

    #10 14th July 2009, 14:21

    ha ha yeah im thinking of not doing it ... read some stuff on explosion proof extraction etc ... scary stuff .... im just gna clean the garage
11. arsenal_69r Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2007 portsmouth Posts: 717 silver furio

    #11 14th July 2009, 20:48

    heater in a tent aint relii a good idea is it lol? i sprayed i few things in the garage come up well enough for me only thing i do wrong is press my finger on the paint to early to see if the paint has gone dry yet lol
12. Sparco_Tom Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2007 Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 12836 Yeaaahh Fiesta

    #12 15th July 2009, 09:16

    i just throw a bucket of water down cover the walls and bikes etc in the garage. put a sheet on the ground and spray. on a summers day its great as my garage gets to 60'c-89'c was the highest
13. SamW Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2007 Stockton-on-tees Posts: 3484 Tuna Can

    #13 15th July 2009, 14:58

    Please do that id love to see it!
14. Jonny_gillett Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2004 Swindon United Kingdom (England) Posts: 299 Citroen Saxo VTR Limited Edition 2 Tone

    #14 16th July 2009, 10:33

    Ive got a make shift booth in my garage....its a double garage just used plastic sheeting to block off one of the garage spaces, windows and doors open...
    using the compressor and spray gun set up....
    Paint lots of parts in there....all came out really nice...
    
    My progress thread will be available when ive finished refurbing my alloys...
15. sliderz Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2007 warrington Posts: 722 saxo vts turbo

    #15 16th July 2009, 10:47

    just make it free of dust and if useing 2k protect your breathing air